Guest column: Time for Walgreens to follow CVS on tobacco sales

5:51 PM,
Mar. 18, 2014

Written by

Richard Feldman

"It's really important to be rooted in health care," says Beth Stiller, vice president of category strategy and innovation for Walgreens. "We continue to innovate around how to increase the role of community pharmacy, become a destination, and help with health care in our communities."

This is a quote from the June 14, 2013, USA Today regarding Walgreens' retail strategy of increasingly offering health-care services, among other consumer products, fresh foods and amenities. She continues, "They're part of an overhaul Walgreens is implementing across many of its stores in an effort to ...